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JA MES REYNOLDS, OF BROOKLYN, NEWv YORK, ASSIGNOR T O HIM- SELF AND JOHN J. MARSHALL, OF NEW YORK CITY.

Letters Patent No. 90,579, dated May 25, 1869.

IMPRO'V'EMEN'I' IN VELOCIPEDE.

To all 'whom 'it may concera Be it known that I, JAMES REYNoLDs, of Brooklyn, in the conty of Kings, and State of New York, have invcnted a, new and useful Improvement in Velocipedcs, of which the following is a full, clear, and cxact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in Which- Figure 1 represents a side view of a velocipcde constructcd in accordance With,my improvement;

Figure 2, a plan of the same;

l'igure 3, a view, in perspective, of the steeringwheel, with its attachments, including an adjustable seat for the operator;

Figure 4, an invertcd plan of said adjustable seat; and

Figure 5, a transversc section thereof, through the line a; a: in fig. 4.

Similar letter-s of reference indicate corresponding parts. o

'M y improvement relates more especially to threewhecl'velocipedes, having driving-wheels on opposite sides of its mainframe, and a centre steering-wheel in the rear, the spring power being applied through both hand-lovers and treadles to the axle of the driv ing-whcels; and

The invention consists in certain combinations or arrangcments and pecnliarities in construction of the parts, including a secondary frame, pivoted in the rear to 'the main frame, in combination with a seat carried dby the same, and preferably made adjustable in various directions; also, a certain arrangcment of the cranks, lovers, and trcadles, as will be found hereinaftei'-1lesc1'ibecl.

Referring tothc accompanying drawing- A represents the main'frame of the Vehicle, which is provided with a front seat, B, and rear seat O, the one, B, being arranged on the main frame, and the other, G, oo or connected with a rear frame, D, pivoted, as ata, to the main fi-ame.

E E are the driving, or main running-wheels, and l'-` the steering-wheel.

This latter wheel F is carried by the rear frame, which also has connected with it the operatorfs seat U, that is arranged tozocon-py a lverage position in relation to the main frame or its pivot a, so that the opcrator, by pressing With his body to either side of the seat, swings the rearframe, and thus snitably turns or directs the stecring-whecl.

To eifcctthis, and to provide for certain adjustinents of the seat np or down, and backward or for- Ward, for the greater convenience of the operator, the seat O is shown as formed of a4 plate or board, with side arms b b and holes o along its one side, whichlatwith a slot, so as to admit of its being slid up or down the upright portion of the rear frame D, which por-` tion has a number of perforations, g, in it, that a pin, h, arranged to project from an arm, v2, of the bracket G, fits or drops into.

It is only necessary to slightly raise the seat O, or forward end of the seat-plate, so as to clear the pin al of the holes c, when it is'rcquired to effect the forward or backward, adjustment of said seat, and to slightly lift the front end of the bracket, so as to clear the pin h of the pcrforations g, when reqniring to effect vertical adjustm'ent,` the mere lowering. of the seat-plate, or bracket afterward, securing 'the necessary lock of said parts at fthe adjustmcnt given them.

The main wheels E E may, if desired, be connected with the axle H, either in a permanent manner, and both be made drivers, or so that they may be made to run loose on the axle at times, to facilitate practice of the operating-lovers and treadles without propelling the Vehicle; or the one wheel may be fast and the other loose, to'hetter adapt the velocipede to turn sharp curves.

The axle H is of a four-throw character, having four cranks, k k and l l, all arranged to lie in the same lane. p Two of these cranks k k are operated by hand-lcvers I I,`pivoted, as at m, to the main frame, and having slots n in them, through which the wrist-pins of the cranks pass.

The other two cranks l Z are operated by treadlcsJ J, pivoted as at o, and connected with the cranks by pitmen 'r r.

By this combination of slotted hand-lovers, treadles, and cranks, the latter of which are all arranged in the same plane, a very simple and efficient driving-arrangcment is secured, with every facility for starting, as, by the disposition of the hand-lovers relatively to the trcadles, when two of the cranks are on their deadcentre, the other two are in their most effective positions.

The front seat B is prefcrably arranged 'partly over the trcadles J J, near their fnlcrum, so that if occupied by a female, who `may either sit looking forward or faoing` the opcrator, she may assist, in

a. gentle and easy manner, in the working of the The arrangement of the slotted hand-lovers I ,treadlee I, .and treadles J J, relatively to each other and What is here claimed, and desired to be secnred by the cranks k k and l l, substantially as specified. Letters Patent, is-- JAMES REYNOL'DS.

l. The arrangexnent of the seat O on the independent rear frame D,` earryin'g the steering-wheel Witnesses: F, and pivoted, as at a, to the main frame, which FRED. HAYNES, carx'es the driving-wheelsE E, substentally as shown J. W. COOMBS. 

